Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables & Flowers
Language: English
Published by Timber Pr, 2013
- Softcover
- Used
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- Title
- Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables & Flowers
- Author
- Tychonievich, Joseph
- Publisher
- Timber Pr
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1604693649
- ISBN 13
- 9781604693645
Brighter zinnias, fragrant carnations, snappier green beans
Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener makes it easier than ever to breed and grow your own varieties of vegetables and flowers. This comprehensive and accessible guide explains how to decide what to breed, provides simple explanations on how to cross plants, and features a basic primer on genetics and advanced techniques. Case studies provide breeding examples for favorite plants like daffodils, hollyhocks, roses, sweet corn, and tomatoes.
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About the Author
Joseph Tychonievich studied horticulture, plant breeding, and genetics at the Ohio State University and was the nursery manager at Arrowhead Alpines, a premier rock garden nursery in Fowlerville, Michigan. He is also the editor of Rock Garden Quarterly. Organic Gardening Magazine called him one of “six young horticulturalists who are helping to shape how America gardens.”
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